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2. Restore network device file.
Information
- When replaced network device is "Cisco ASA 5500 series", operating restoration by rcxadm netdevice cfrestore command
is not required.
By function of "Cisco ASA 5500 series", same configuration as device of active state is reflected automatically.
For detail, please refer to manual of "Cisco ASA 5500 series".
- For restoration of network device file, please refer to "10.2.3 Restoration of Network Devices".
For maintenance procedure of network device, please refer to manual of network device.
7. Back up the current network device files from the network devices with operational status.
If the content of the backed up device configuration file is up to date, this step is not required.
If the content is not the up to date, take a backup of the network device configuration file using the rcxadm netdevice cfbackup
command.
The date and time of backup can be checked using the rcxadm netdevice cflist command.
8. Check that there are no differences in the definitions that become a problem in the redundancy configurations using the network
device file used in 4. and the network device configuration file in the network device file backed up in 7.
Export each network device configuration file with rcxadm netdevice cfexport command and check the difference.
When there is difference that becomes a problem, please resolve difference following maintenance procedure of network devices.
For procedure maintenance of network device, please refer to manual of network devices.
9. Release the "maintenance mode" of network devices, when problems with network devices after replacement have been solved.
10. Notification that maintenance operations are complete.
See
- When checking configuration of network device, you may not confirm it from network device environment file. Please confirm that
it is possible to check configuration of network device from network device environment file by manual of network device in advance.
- For details on how to configure and release the maintenance mode, refer to "22.1 Switchover of Maintenance Mode" in the "User's
Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
- For details on the rcxadm netdevice command, refer to "3.8 rcxadm netdevice" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
Note
- Replacement using the same model is a prerequisite when replacing network devices.
- Confirm the following items, using the manuals of network devices, in advance.
- The replacement procedure when using redundancy configurations
- The operations for network devices (status check and switchover)
- Environmental differences which become problems when configuring redundancy configurations
When the management function for Network device configuration file is not used, confirm the following item, using the manuals of
network devices, in advance.
- The operations for network devices (backup methods and restore methods)
- When using the network devices of redundancy configurations, replace network devices in the following order.
1. Replace network devices with standby status
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